Pz III New Build

[Antony Rowley]

Hi Stephen,

I'm really enjoying your build .

Your Pz III looks, from some photo's, REAL Your attention to detail is superb. Keep the photo's coming.

Superb Panzer and a great build

Thanks Antony

[simon_manning]

i must agree with anthony this build is and has been very interesting, a lot of skill and stamina, regards simon manning.

[Stephen White]

The hull applique armour is now complete with the side plates and welds:



Next the mounts for the Unterlegklotz, (jacking block) and the finished block from Mike Stannard, finished with Promodeller washes and their new pigments:





I made a late model Brechstange (pry bar) by turning down a 6mm brass rod, annealing and shaping the end, together with the mountings:



Finally, I've started a scratch build mount for the shovel, soldered up from brass:




This is a rewarding bit of the build, becaused everything is a one-off, unlike the repetitive stages of the running gear. Pity Mark, who is wading through 2000 Panther road wheels..........

Regards

Stephen

[Tim Bowman]

As always, I'm sounding like a broken record.

Excellent parts Stephen. Amazed at how easy you make this stuff look.

Best regards
Tim

[Stephen White]

Completed the fittings for the shovel and axe. Tim, second time around, I remembered to use a heat sink to prevent the whole assembly springing apart with the final bit of soldering....








Next the antenna mounting.

Regards

Stephen

[Stephen White]

Turned a new antenna mounting to scale and added the weld detail:



Having seen the expertise of those like Tim and Mark who know their way around a CAD package, a humble sketch seems a bit redundant but it's the only way I could make sense of the typically Wehrmacht over-engineered antenna coupling. This is one case where a 2D engineering drawing doesn't really help.



I can see a weekend of "trouble at t'mill" coming up.

Regards

Stephen

[Robert E Morey]

Steve,
Your detail parts are really impressive. Close up your P3 looks like a real one in the museum. The antenna base looks like it was really welded together. Great work! Keep it up, you are inspiring us all.
Bob

[simon_manning]

i thought that was the bovington tank in the mueseum,very nice, regards simon manning.

[Stephen White]

A day with the lathe and mill, to complete the antenna coupling parts.

This is the Bovington tank, from which I made the drawings. For once, the drawings in Jentz and Doyle are don't capture the detail accurately, the shapes are quite complex:





Here are the basic bits:



There is still some finishing to do and the springs will need to be added:



I've used Mike Stannard's 2m Stabantenna although I might turn one later with the correct constant taper.



Regards

Stephen

[Stewart Ashton]

Stephen your work on this model is fabulous as usual

Regards Stewart

[Adrian Harris]

Glorious detail once again Stephen

Adrian.

[Stephen White]

More progress on the antenna coupling, including the two side springs and the fore and aft stays. Nearly done:








Regards

Stephen

[Brian Leach]

Stephen,

Not seeing your wonderful work has been what I have missed most on the forum.

That antenna is, what can I say, really good, great? It truly is inspiring, as well as the other work you have done in the last couple of months. In some of the pictures it is difficult to tell if it is the real thing or your work. That is, to me, the highest complement. Well done!

Thank you for sharing. I am not into the Comet, but I will be sure to watch.

Brian

[simon_manning]

excellent stephen, great skill! one for the memory banks i think, regards simon manning.

[Stephen White]

Brian, Simon, thanks for taking the trouble to comment. Much appreciated.

Here's the final result:





I then spent the rest of the day discovering how difficult it is to turn a tapered antenna without it snapping as it gets to the critical thickness. Oh well.

Regards

Stephen